536: Whale Island, a chance to catch one's breath

The reinforcements from Shangjing Base were somewhat unexpected for Chen Yuting and the other two, but this sudden help indeed solved their urgent problem.

Immediately, Piao Jun clasped the Squad Leader's hand, too excited to control himself:

"Thank you so much! The task of clearing the battlefield is yours!"

"Don't worry, we are professionally trained."

After the Squad Leader finished speaking, he led his team members towards the outside of Whale Fall City.

One of the team members suddenly pulled out a scroll, and after crushing it, a gentle breeze instantly enveloped everyone.

At the same time, several others also used their skills, and the speed of the entire team visibly increased by nearly a factor of two.

"Let me help you guys."

Seeing this, Chen Yuting also applied a speed buff to everyone in the team.

Instantly, the speed of this cleanup squad surged again, and several people even showed surprised expressions.

"Focus! The beast tide that Whale Fall City encountered seems to have a higher average intensity than Shangjing Base. Don't fall behind!"

The Squad Leader shouted in a deep voice, making everyone regain their focus.

Subsequently, this squad transformed into black phantoms, quickly dispersing and collecting the bodies of the dead Mutated Creatures on the ground.

About ten minutes later, Uncle Jiang returned from mid-air with his people, confirming that the progress of the giant pattern's completion had been significantly slowed down.

Piao Jun also let out a heavy sigh of relief upon hearing this. He looked at Chen Yuting, who was frowning in thought, and hesitantly spoke:

"I'm sorry... I was too impulsive just now..."

"It's alright," Chen Yuting shook her head. "At times like this, everyone has something they want to protect. I understand."

She wanted to protect Gu Qinghan, so she didn't hesitate to risk being trapped forever in the river of time to activate Time Reversal.

And what Piao Jun wanted to protect was this Whale Fall City, so it was natural for him to want to give his all.

Piao Jun felt even more ashamed upon hearing this. He wanted to say something more, but then he heard Chen Yuting say:

"Although there are people specifically clearing the bodies now, blood will still gradually complete the formation.

If, in the end, that formation truly takes shape and Gu Qinghan still hasn't returned, I can help you buy some time."

Piao Jun was stunned. Buy time?

"Are you saying you'll use a Holy Skill to help me buy time?"

"Yes, if it's just to limit the flow of time for this formation, I should be able to cast a Holy Skill three or four times at most.

Before I can no longer use it, I'll tell you, and you can steal my skill to buy a little more time."

Chen Yuting's voice was very calm, even though the outcome she spoke of was already the worst-case scenario.

Piao Jun was choked up for a moment. He wanted to say thank you, but the words just wouldn't come out.

"Once you're rested, go help. These are all future concerns. If we rest any longer, Whale Fall City will be breached before the formation even takes shape."

Chen Yuting seemed to understand Piao Jun's meaning and smiled gently.

Piao Jun nodded heavily and turned to walk outside.

Some things, they both understood without needing to be said. He would use actions to repay Chen Yuting's generosity today.

But just as he turned around, the scene before him directly stopped his footsteps.

At the end of his vision, a large number of black dots were rapidly approaching again.

Without needing to think, those were newly appearing Mutated Creatures.

At the same time, a large number of flying creatures also seemed to appear in the distant sky.

Piao Jun gritted his teeth; the situation seemed to be getting worse.

But this was not the end. After this protracted battle had gone on for several hours, everyone was already fighting purely on willpower.

The constantly appearing Mutated Creatures were like a flood with open gates, threatening to engulf Whale Fall City.

The outermost earth vein wall had long been breached, and now the front line had shrunk to Whale Fall City's last earth vein wall. Even the cleanup squad had returned to the city.

Piao Jun poured a bottle of water on his face, trying to clear his head.

Just then, a terrified scream suddenly came from Whale Fall City behind him.

Piao Jun looked back and saw that a Mutated Ant the size of an adult bull was clamping an old man.

Its sharp mouthparts directly pierced the old man's body. With a forceful clamp, the old man's body instantly split into two!

The old man didn't die immediately; his two halves were still struggling on the ground.

But it was this hellish sight that had an even greater impact on people's minds, seeming to push them to the brink of collapse at any moment.

"These ants are burrowing in from underground! Damn it!"

Piao Jun's eyes instantly turned red. He had previously set up defensive measures underground, but he hadn't expected them to be breached by these burrowing ants!

Just then, a faint whale cry suddenly echoed throughout Whale Fall City.

This sound made many people involuntarily look around, but this was land, so how could such a whale cry suddenly appear?

Subsequently, everyone saw a water-blue light shield suddenly envelop the entire Whale Fall City.

And at the top of this water-blue light shield, a gigantic whale phantom seemed to be slowly swimming, emitting ripples.

"Everyone, after killing the Mutated Creatures within the shield, immediately rest in place!"

In Chen Yuting's hand at this moment appeared a whale model, like a miniature, emitting waves of water-blue light.

The frequency of the pulsation was exactly the same as that of the water-blue light shield.

At the same time, everyone within the light shield felt their fatigue rapidly disappearing.

It was as if a magical power was washing away the weariness in their bodies, even causing their injuries to recover quickly.

This was like a shot in the arm for the members of Whale Fall City, making them kill Mutated Creatures much faster.

The squad that was originally clearing bodies outside had also returned to the city by now, killing the draconic Mutated Ants that appeared inside the city.

Piao Jun now looked at Chen Yuting on the watchtower and suddenly remembered that before Gu Qinghan entered the secret realm, he had left them an item called Whale Island.

At the time, he was busy expanding Whale Fall City, so he had only heard of this item, which seemed to have been obtained by Gu Qinghan and his group after killing that giant whale.

But now, wasn't it the phantom of that giant whale that was supporting Whale Fall City's last line of defense?

"Is this the effect of Whale Island?"

Piao Jun looked at the battle line, where most of the Mutated Creatures had been killed, and returned to the watchtower to ask Chen Yuting.

"Yes," Chen Yuting nodded, "but there are too many of these Mutated Creatures; it might not last long."

"Roughly how long?"

"Probably less than an hour. We must make good use of this hour of rest.

Because after the protective effect of Whale Island breaks, it will take a full day to use it again."

"Only an hour, huh... It's still good, at least it allows everyone to catch their breath." Piao Jun said with a bitter smile.

"But after an hour, all the Mutated Creatures blocked outside by Whale Island will launch a combined attack.

The estimated time for Gu Qinghan's return is still about five or six hours..."

Chen Yuting pursed her lips, her voice laced with unconcealed fatigue.

The fierce beasts, glaring from outside, were constantly attacking the protective shield, and the smell of blood already enveloped the battlefield as if it were tangible.

Can we win?

We should... be able to...